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THE FINAL STAGE OF DECAY OF A LOCALIZED DISTURBANCE IN A CONDUCTING FLUID IN A UNIFORM MAGNETIC FIELD

Journal Article · · Quart. J. Mech. and Appl. Math.
OSTI ID:4839492
A general localized disturbance was given to an incompressible conducting fluid of infinite extent in a uniform magnetic field, and the final stage of decay was examined for the case in which a net linear momentum was imparted to the fluid. It was found that after a sufficiently long time the velocity field is that due to the superposition of two identical viscous vortex rings, of the type found by Phillips for the corresponding problem in a non- conducting fluid, whose centers move in opposite directions along the uniform magnetic field with the Alfven wave velocity. Some remarks are included about the decay of a turbulent wake behind a body moving through the fluid. (auth)
Research Organization:
King's Coll., London
NSA Number:
NSA-15-031742
OSTI ID:
4839492
Journal Information:
Quart. J. Mech. and Appl. Math., Journal Name: Quart. J. Mech. and Appl. Math. Vol. Vol: 14
Country of Publication:
Country unknown/Code not available
Language:
English

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